www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site

[darian]

Just tried the Python OnDemand downloader.

Although it works when selecting Carrier Ep3, the resulting file is Carrier Ep3 (128K).flv and is only 400x224 no matter what I set in the bitrate field.

Are some videos only stored at lower resolution in OnDemand?

Could not get the old sbsnapper to work on this item at all.

[gxdata]

Batch downloader v15.84 at 4shared isn't loading for me, either.

Here's the downloaders Wiki - but best to send a PM to Anywho (cap A) who will be able to give you the download URL for that batch downloader for iView.

Would you prefer that it exits to the top-level menu after every set of successful downloads?

Yes, I think it makes it easy to understand. The iView batch downloader also accumulates (batch) shows to download, from different 'Series'. That is very handy, but ...

I find it really hard to get my head around just what is at SBS On Demand. The 'slick' web menus are a real PITA, the categories are incomplete, ... it can take just too long to see what is there, even using the search.

What I am saying is that it may be wise to just make the python script work 'well enough', and improve it slowly. Getting the rtmpdump parameters right is probably a priority.

[mvdk]

Originally Posted by darian

Are some videos only stored at lower resolution in OnDemand?

Could be, for all I know... That said, the Carrier is not. Instead, I forgot to multiply the wished-for bitrate by 1000

It should now be working.

Cheers,

Michael

[darian]

Originally Posted by mvdk

Could be, for all I know... That said, the Carrier is not. Instead, I forgot to multiply the wished-for bitrate by 1000

It should now be working.

Thanks for the fix and the original program: seems to be working okay with (1473K).flv now.

Would it be useful me specifying say 3000K, in case there are higher quality versions available?

I should mention that when starting the py file the blank cmd window seems to be doing nothing for a long time and initially I thought it had hung, but eventually the list appears. Might be worth echoing some text at the start to show that it is doing something and not to panic.

[mvdk]

Originally Posted by darian

Thanks for the fix and the original program: seems to be working okay with (1473K).flv now.

Would it be useful me specifying say 3000K, in case there are higher quality versions available?

I should mention that when starting the py file the blank cmd window seems to be doing nothing for a long time and initially I thought it had hung, but eventually the list appears. Might be worth echoing some text at the start to show that it is doing something and not to panic.

Sure, you can specify a higher bit rate - it just selects whatever bitrate is numerically closest. I don't think it's likely that SBS will start distributing stuff with a higher bit rate because it probably costs them money to do so, but hey, it will still work...

I have uploaded a new version with a shiny new message stating that it's all OK, and not to panic

It's past time to get to bed - good night!

Cheers,

Michael

[Anywho]

Originally Posted by gxdata

Batch downloader v15.84 at 4shared isn't loading for me, either.

Links are working fine for me Checked from 3 sources of links and each one downloaded fine this morning (6:12AM).

The first time I tried, I was presented with a "copyright" message (which was kind of odd), but I think that was just fallout from the MegaUpload case. Perhaps you need JS enabled on your browser to see it?

Other than that, you may have tried the download during a server backup/overload/update phase...

[darian]

Originally Posted by mvdk

I have uploaded a new version with a shiny new message stating that it's all OK, and not to panic

Thanks.

What is the purpose of SbsOnDemand-0.0.20120222.win32.msi ?

Although you made no mention of it in the previous installation instructions, I installed it anyway as it was in the download folder and seemed important.

Is it likely to change?

[mvdk]

Originally Posted by darian

Thanks.

What is the purpose of SbsOnDemand-0.0.20120222.win32.msi ?

Although you made no mention of it in the previous installation instructions, I installed it anyway as it was in the download folder and seemed important.

Is it likely to change?

It's the library I adapted that does the request & parsing of sbs-on-demand. The script is just making the results semi-presentable...

The reason that's a reasonable model is that it makes it more adaptable to being a GUI later on.

Cheers,

Michael

[mvdk]

Just as an aside on the previous post, all of the source is actually available at github.com/mvanderkolff/sbsOnDemand

Feel free to fork it, I'm happy to take code contributions as well.

Cheers,

Michael

[darian]

Hmmm, running sbsOnDemand tonight only populated the list with 10 entries.

Has SBS changed things to thwart your script?

UPDATE: now its back to 85 entries, WTF?

Seems to be a bit flaky in operation: a friend installed it, but the cmd window disappeared after a short time; tried it again and it reported "You haven't specified a port ..Using default port 1935" and then continued and seemed to work.